Begonia scharffiana
| Begonia scharffiana | |
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| Begonia scharffii drawn by John Nugent Fitch for Curtis's Botanical Magazine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Begonia |
| Species: | B. scharffiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Begonia scharffiana | |
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Begonia scharffiana, the elephant ear begonia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to southern Brazil,[2] discovered on Santa Catarina Island in 1888.[3]
B. scharffiana has a shrub-like growing habit. It is a medium-height garden plant that prefers light shade, and blooms mid-summer thru winter. The flowers have white sepals with red hairs on the base.[4]
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References
- ^ Clark, Alice M. (1977). Begonia Portraits (1 ed.). Cymac Lithographers. pp. 42, 43.
- ^ "Begonia scharffiana Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Clark, Alice M. (August 1945). "B x scharffiana, Regel" (PDF). The Begonian. 12. American Begonia Society: 150–151. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Sharp, Peter G. (2011). Down To Earth - With Begonias (PDF). p. 86. Retrieved 6 December 2025.